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Android 4.4 Kitkat

Are you upgrading?

  • Hell yeah! Hurry up and post those images Google!

    Votes: 19 35.8%

  • Sure, when the OTA hits.

    Votes: 24 45.3%

  • I'm going to hold off until it's proven.

    Votes: 8 15.1%

  • WTH is KitKat?

    Votes: 2 3.8%
  • Total voters
    53
I forgot to bring my data USB cable to work, so I can't flash it right now. Brought my crappy charging cable instead.
 
Rxpert83 said:
It said the update for other device would be "in the coming weeks".

Samsung and HTC said 15 days for their Google edition phones, so you can bet around that time if not sooner.

Note- it was 15 days from launch of KK. So 14 days would be this Thursday
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Man, right on the money :):rolleyes::p;)
 
I just extract the update zip and flash each .img file except userdata manually. Just did it for the LTE Nexus 7 actually.
 
Double check the updates before you download because nexus 4's have different names depending on their location. Mine device nickname is mako and that is not an option. There are only images for the Occam nexus 4 not the mako
 
2prevail said:
Double check the updates before you download because nexus 4's have different names depending on their location. Mine device nickname is mako and that is not an option. There are only images for the Occam nexus 4 not the mako
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Google uses two codename for each device. Mako and occam are the two for the Nexus 4.
 
Just downloaded it. Apparently KitKat removes your dialer. Is there an APK for that?


UPDATE: Go into the app drawer and look for the app called Phone and drag it back onto the home screen.
 
bjacks12 said:
Just downloaded it. Apparently KitKat removes your dialer. Is there an APK for that?


UPDATE: Go into the app drawer and look for the app called Phone and drag it back onto the home screen.
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There's a new phone apk, so the old shortcut won't work
 
jhawkkw said:
Google uses two codename for each device. Mako and occam are the two for the Nexus 4.
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More specifically, "mako" refers to the phone's hardware, while "occam" is the software variant.

(The Galaxy Nexus is much more confusing - the family of devices (both CDMA and GSM) is "tuna", the GSM hardware is "maguro", the software is "yakju", but there are also a number of different regional variants of the software (takju, yakjux, etc).
 
hstroph said:
"The texting app is gone, replaced by Hangouts, ..."

No simple, straight-forward SMS/MMS texting?
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Hangouts does SMS/MMS. Its the default texting app on 4.4

If you don't like that option, you can always install an app from the market to handle SMS/MMS in a more traditional manner.
 
That article is full of crap. The old messing app is still present on 4.4. You can choose whether to use it or Hangouts.

It also makes it sounds like all devices will come with GEL. That is also false. Though you can install it if you want.
 
bjacks12 said:
That article is full of crap. The old messing app is still present on 4.4. You can choose whether to use it or Hangouts.

It also makes it sounds like all devices will come with GEL. That is also false. Though you can install it if you want.
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Technically GEL is contained within Google search. You just need to download an extra apk for your phone to properly recognize it.

It'll likely be available on the playstore for all devices running 4.1+ soon enough
 
Just a note, for those waiting for the OTA....quite a few reports of people downloading the OTA and bricking their devices.
 
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